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• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  in my life i understood what the narrator of looking for alaska must ... they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while ... in april my friend recommended the excellent article becoming a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , for an 11:15am flight. I made it in plenty of time. Got on the plane ... …and woke up an hour later, to find us in the air. Realized that I slept ... Airport customs for something like an hour (can someone please explain to me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for ... I have an interesting MIT “story.” It wasn't my first choice school until very, very late in the game. I first started researching colleges

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  rocky Appalachians. I was all over the place. The meditation camp in New ... sipping Trader Joe's 100% maple syrup from the bottle to make up for lost calories), being with friends. This is what it looked like: The road to camp

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... time. Two of her kids are old enough to be in school now, but she ... School of Mathematics, which looks to be a rigorous afterschool program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  [whatever that is], and I've worked as an intern for IBM since I was 7 but I ... for two reasons. First, they miss the point. MIT looks at more than just ... teacher's aide in an elementary school. If one or more of your parents is an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that ... back in your head. In this case, concerts are an easy fix, even if only ... rhapsody in blue   Even though I’ve only been here for a semester, I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in ... early action deferred), and you are in an American school, please try to ... applications. It looks like application numbers will be up once again this year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I've got at least four entries that are in various stages of being writ. I don't have a whole ton of time for an awesome entry right now, but I do have

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  delete an item in your Public that you do not want there anymore and you ... Haus in the housing lottery and then sent me an email asking to fix the ... will wreak havoc on any link you have made to anything in it ever ever

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  , in a car, in your stereotypical scary movie setting. An intersection in ... . Look at what we do for you. We almost fell prey to a demon ... me -- was that the questions were in large part about what an

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music ... 's meal, all made here, by us, with friends. (See our calendar for the rest ... pika.) In honor of this especially pika week, here is every pika food

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  anxiety or difficulty talking to adults, but I sobbed in my car for an hour ... blood oath I had taken to extort myself for the next five years towards an ... getting in anymore. It already felt like the life I had desired for the past

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  , that was definitely an unexpected decision for me that changed the course ... , I had a gorgeous five-story house to live in. For three, I gained 43 new best friends for life. In this photo: Phi Kappa Sigma alumni

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  in which it was moving, and the fact that I struck it at an angle, by ... of looking in the rear view mirror - presumably deciding whether I ... very effective thing for him to say. Because in my state of shock, it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  was for those involved, but it definitely worked...to an extent. And ... Sam pose for a picture in front of Burton-Conner. Notice that Sam is ... an 18.01 pset to do. Since Becky and Sam are both not only in 18

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse ... .  I’m trying to be hopeful. I’m staying in Cambridge for the summer and ... to Starbucks for hot chocolate when I don’t make it to the cafe in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  experience. For me, I quickly realized I chose the right community in Theta Chi ... [/caption] With all of the things I have done at MIT, I’m most known for my role in ... lifelong friends in Manaus and will be returning this summer to do an

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  descrptions in the course catalogue, with my own impressions underneath. 7.05 (Biochemistry) Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the ... -chemical basis for the structures of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  [liveblog] gingerbread stata we are building stata out of gingerbread

  

  silver color (for the metal buildings) and an orange color (although it ... ="1000"] laser cutting right angle brackets for holding things up ... supports for the elevated base of the building :-). [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 23, 2026